A photo journal about what it was like to be full time RVers for three years and now Florida residents--for friends, family, and curiosity seekers. We still travel by car, but are house owners now.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

An Awesome Auction

Elkhart, IN High: 72 Low: 47

Time to check out the awesome auctions going on at Shipshewanna Auction barn....Sparky used to go to the auctions when she lived in the South Bend area years ago...It's fun, it's great to see what STUFF comes in that people want to get rid of and what ridiculous prices you might be able to get for it. And since it had been years since the last time she visited the auction in Shipshewanna, she wanted to see how it had changed and it has....Just like all things do, the auction seemed to be smaller and bringing in less money for the sellers, due to the economy, for sure. Sparky made all the photos small today in hopes that all the photos won't cause too many problems for viewing.

You would think that people would run out of "old stuff" to bring into these auctions...But there was old stuff a-plenty here today....Old toys, old lamps, old furniture....

Some retro stuff...interesting chairs, eh?

Sparky saw some things she remembers from her childhood...Her mom had an old jewelry box that was like a little cabinet that looked just like this!

She remembers some of these old toys....

Her little brothers sitting in a similar wooden high chair...

And just in time for Halloween....

Old metal music stands...Sparky just liked the way the light hit these old pieces.....

An auction is a great place to people watch....

It's also a place that's LOUD and the cacophony was deafening with multiple auctioneers in multiple arenas--at least six auctions all going at the same time! Sparky and Eldo didn't bid on anything, where are we gonna put it? :-) But here are a couple of items Sparky was itching to bid on....stenciled hat boxes to store--what else?--yarn in a craft room....

And that's not all...but it is for now...Sparky would definitely drag Eldo back to Shipshewanna often if we were in a sticks and bricks house! (Thank goodness, we're not! says a relieved E.)
There were TWO antique Maytag wringer washers that went out the door....

(Hey, Sparky....Too many photos today! Time to wrap it up! warns E.) Oops! Sorry about that, got on a roll with all the neat stuff at the auction today....OK...we'll see you later!

We used to go to auctions all the time when we were renovating the farm. Got lots of late 19th century oak furniture there including two Hoosier cupboards from you know where that are still in the farmhouse kitchen. Carrie was making the pie on one of them in a picture in yesterday's blog. Bet you can get great deals in this economy.

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After traveling full time in a motorhome for three years, we decided to come off the road and settle on Florida's west coast. We still travel and occasionally rent an RV because we miss it so much. Sparky creates and crafts and has a shop on Etsy. Be sure to check out http://etsy.com/shop/JeanBeanGifts to see what she's been making. Thanks for reading us!